February 11, 2025

What would be considered the most prestigious race in the US? NASCAR’s Daytona 500, or IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500? Just days away from becoming an expert in both, Helio Castroneves found it difficult to place the two events against each other for Motorsport.com. “Comparing it to the Indy 500, it’s like you’re comparing it to another star. I don’t know, (like) Taylor Swift and Madonna …Keep reading

It turns out Max Verstappen does not eat, sleep, and shower exclusively in his Red Bull team kit. The four-time world champion and polo shirt connoisseur is now the global ambassador of clothing label AlphaTauri.The fashion brand was founded in 2016 as an extension of the Red Bull empire, and later became the title sponsor of the energy drink conglomerate’s junior F1 team. Although he’s …Keep reading

From an inauspicious start in a Mercedes-dominated era, Red Bull’s partnership with Honda propelled both teams back to the front, with Max Verstappen following in Sebastian Vettel’s footsteps as a four-time world champion, amassing 63 wins by the end of 2024.But it’s a success story that is coming to an end, with Red Bull taking matters into its own hands with Red Bull Powertrains-Ford, while …Keep reading

One word uttered by McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella nearly two years ago matters when considering his team’s announcement of a contract extension for its aerodynamics chief, Peter Prodromou.“We wanted to unleash a very strong resource that we had internally, and that, for some reasons was under-utilised,” Stella said back at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.This was just …Keep reading

Jenson Button will race alongside Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais in this year’s World Endurance Championship at the Jota Cadillac squad. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion was named in the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh along with Bamber and Bourdais on Tuesday when Jota revealed how the six drivers it announced in November would line up across its two cars. Cadillac Hertz Team …Keep reading

New Yamaha MotoGP chief Paolo Pavesio is confident that his team will be able to regularly challenge for top five positions from the middle of the 2025 season.The Italian executive took over Yamaha Factory Racing at the start of the year, and under his leadership the squad put together a solid performance in pre-season testing at Sepang, with star rider Fabio Quartararo finishing third after …Keep reading

The McLaren Formula 1 team has extended the contract of its aerodynamics chief Peter Prodromou, who played a key part in its 2024 constructors’ title.The team announced on Tuesday that Prodromou would continue in his capacity of aerodynamics technical director on a long-term deal as it intends to keep together the squad that returned it to the front of F1 over the past two seasons.”It is …Keep reading

If MotoGP’s season launch is anything to go by, then Formula 1 could also be on to a winner.When both series announced plans for a 2025 season kick-off event last year, it was met by some reservations, especially within the media and the teams, as to whether it would be worth it.MotoGP had confirmed its plans first and that the event would be held in Bangkok ahead of the season opener in …Keep reading

The Chang International Circuit in Buriram will stage a two-day MotoGP test this week. This will offer MotoGP teams and riders the final opportunity to run their bikes before the start of the season at the same venue in early March.All five manufacturers had already collected a lot of data at the Sepang International Circuit last week, but this week’s test is expected to offer a more …Keep reading